Feldspar fabrics in a greenschist facies albite-rich mylonite from electron backscatter diffraction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 29-49

  Prior, David J ^a   Wheeler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD); Plagioclase; Texture

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; GREENSCHIST; PLAGIOCLASE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033559254     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00257-1     Document Type: Article

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